不到火候不揭锅 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 不到火候不揭鍋 bùdàohuǒhòubùjiēguō ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄍㄨㄛ don't act until the time is ripe (idiom) Character by character 不(bù)no 到(dào)reach 火(huǒ)surname Huo 候(hòu)wait 不(bù)no 揭(jiē)surname Jie 锅(guō)pot A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0